Brokencyde have detailed their upcoming second album, Will Never Die. The album is due out November 9, 2010. The band made the following statement about the album:

With this whole album, we're putting our middle fingers in the air toward the entire industry. The album artwork is pretty much self explanatory. We want to smash everything and anything that stands in the way of us making music. We want to show all our detractors that all the hate they spew only fuels our music and makes us that much stronger.

I will admit that these guys are clearly doing whatever they want, and that's nice. But at the end of the day, do you think they laugh harder at the people who make a huge deal out of bashing them, or the kids who buy their music and see their show?

i think they take their art (used quite loosely in this regard, obvs) very seriously, dude. highly doubtful that they employ some kind of veiled satirical tool, beyond crunkness, whatever the fuck that means.

i should report this for undermining the sanctity of this forum! absolutely outrageous. :D

also, i heard that people have been known to throw piss bottles and rock at the brokencyde guys while on stage. on a separate note, i got ex-bandmates in Venezuela doing this crunk schtick to huge audiences there, which is pretty interesting and yet somewhat irrelevant.

I think they take it "seriously" as well. But I think it's clear that they're just about doing whatever they want and having fun. There's no greater message to this band, which is why I think it would be funny to be them, because each end of the spectrum (fanatics both in support and descent) would seem hilarious.

I think that ultimately, this is an inside joke to them. I'm not sure how proud they are about the 'music' they make - I think they're moreso proud - and surprised - that they're making a living off this shit.

Is it that they don't care about what detractors think or is that they're so subconscious about it, that they actually have to make a whole record dedicated to "giving them the middle finger". If they really didn't care, they would just shut the fuck up and keep screaming over shitty techno samples.

I kind of can't find it in my heart to hate on these guys any more. I almost... pity them or something. I dunno. It's weird. They make music that's undeniably terrible, for sure. And the lyrical content is admittedly pretty offensive/horrendous etc. But then they became the subjects of so much hatred that it's just ugly. The fervour that people put into reviling them is almost on the level of a lynch mob or something. An internet lynch mob. It's so weird.

So the fact that they basically represent everything that could possibly wrong with music from, image-centric, misogynistic, no talent, trend hoppers. They're still not deserving of the hate they get? so basically unless they're hopping around stage calling black people ni**ers, what else could they possibly do to be deserving of the hate they receive?

It's more the mindlessness of it that bothers me. Sure, they're douchebags. But the energy people put into hating them is pretty obscene also. It's creepy.

Also, of all the things you listed as wrong with them, the misogny is really the only one that should inspire legitimate dislike. Ignore the rest of it, because it's the sort of thing that only really bothers middle class white people with no real problemsof their own. Let them do their own thing, because it doesn't affect you in any way. Call them out on being douchebags to women, sure. At least try to inspire some level of discourse. Everything else is ridiculous.

Other than posting their contempt for them on a message board, to what degree does the hate actually come to fruition? Do people attack them or go to their shows and try to set them on fire or something? No. So I would say that people are allowed to hate this band and shit talk them on a message board with good cause.

Normally, I'm the first to point out when someone's picking on an easy target... And in this case, the target is definitely easy... But if they take this "hatred" personally, I am sure they're crying all the way to the bank.

This band (Brokencyde) is neither punk nor ever has news. Also if you would stop posting things about them, they would have no "hate" to fuel their next record. I hope you sincerely consider my comment.